Capital.
Zhu Yun woke up in a daze and looked at the concubine Luo Yan'er who was still immersed in sleep. Thinking of the scene last night, her eyes couldn't help but feel happy. She didn't expect that the always reserved Luo Yan'er would be so proactive when the love was deep...
By the way, the situation in the harem has been going on recently, which is a bit evil.
A few days ago, Concubine Ning said that it was easy to have nightmares on rainy days and she was so scared. She hoped that Zhu Yunwen could accompany her. Zhu Yunwen naturally would not refuse. Concubine Ning crawled into her arms as soon as she heard thunder. What makes Zhu Yunwen depressed is that God won't take a rest that night. Lightning and rolling thunder keep coming, so he doesn't know how to save some energy...
Three days ago, Concubine Xian said she had heatstroke and heard that Zhu Yunwen had a folk remedy. As a result, Zhu Yunwen failed to scrape her skin, but she gave Concubine Xian a lesson for lying...
Last night, Concubine Shu Luo Yan'er said that there was an error in the account book, and the money for the medical gauze given by the Ministry of War could not be reconciled. She had to ask Zhu Yunwen to accompany her to verify it. She didn't know how to verify it, so she went to the bed to verify it. In the end, I didn't find out how much money the Ministry of War owed.
Zhu Yunwen put on his regular clothes, looked in the direction of the incense burner, shook his head slightly, and then ordered to go to Wuying Hall.
Jie Jin looked at the sleepy Zhu Yunwen and said with some worry: "The emperor works so hard for state affairs..."
Zhu Yunzhen's face felt a little burning, but fortunately he was thick-skinned enough, so he reasoned with himself: Family affairs are state affairs, and they are not considered hard work.
When Xie Jin proposed that the cabinet should allocate more work to the emperor, Zhu Yunwen became angry. It is your turn to do such a thing. Go out, I don't want to see you today.
Suddenly, the news that Jie Jin, a minister in the cabinet, had been scolded by the emperor, spread all over the country. Some officials were even thinking about whether they should take advantage of Jie Jin's misfortune to find a stumbling rope and move a rock that fell into the well.
Yu Xin also scratched his head a little. Jie Jin didn't make any mistakes. As for being kicked out, the emperor seemed to be in a bad mood, so it was better to be careful.
"Your Majesty, can you select the cabinet nominees?"
Yu Xin asked cautiously.
Zhu Yunwen said simply: "Let's make it Chen Di, the Minister of Rites. Huang Guan will take over as the Minister of Rites."
Yu Xin readily agreed.
Equivalent to Zheng Ci, the contractor leader, and Bao Zhao and others who deal with prisons all day long, Chen Di is a very good candidate for the cabinet. He is brave and resourceful, writes brilliant articles, and even taught Zhu Yuanzhang during the Taizu period. , served as the chief envoy of Shandong and Yunnan, and when he was still in Yunnan, he led troops to fight, and he was considered one of the few literati who dared to lead troops to fight.
The most important thing is that Chen Di's entry into the cabinet can clear the way for Yang Shiqi to join the Ministry of Ceremonies in the future and then enter the cabinet.
Zhu Yunwen looked at Yu Xin who was standing still, and couldn't help but ask: "What else is there?"
When Yu Xin saw Zhu Yunwen asking about it, he no longer hesitated and said, "It's still a matter of fire consumption. The prefect of Hangzhou, Yu Qian, wrote again, asking the two capitals and thirteen provinces to fully refund the extra fire consumption this year..."
Zhu Yunwen put the brush aside and asked Yu Xin: "Is it wrong to take too much of the people's things and send them back? If I didn't go out and take a look, you would still be kept in the dark about these things. Why are all the officials not doing anything about such a big thing?" One person is going to report, or do you really think that it is natural to collect fire consumption, and then let the local government decide the amount of fire consumption?"
Yu Xin was a little ashamed. Regarding the matter of fire consumption, it was equivalent to the empty printed documents of the Hongwu period. Everyone in the civil and military dynasties knew about it, but the emperor did not. But who would have thought that the emperor would not stay in the capital and wander to Suzhou and Hangzhou, just in time to pay taxes.
"It's just a minor minister who didn't pay attention. However, returning the fire consumption requires a lot of manpower and material resources. There is also a loss in this, and the local governments and counties may not be careful in implementing it. It would be better to implement the return of the fire consumption to the public from the autumn tax, which would save a lot of trouble... …”
Yu Xin proposed a compromise.
Zhu Yunwen picked up the tea bowl, smiled and said:
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"Since the autumn tax has been implemented well, there is no need to worry."
Yu Xin quickly thanked him, but to his surprise, Zhu Yunwen followed up: "As for next year's official salary, I will also take one-tenth of it. It should be regarded as the loss of the salary paid to officials by the court. After all, the current salary is mainly in cash. If you are distributing silver, you need to chop the silver ingots into pieces. If you are distributing banknotes, this also requires capital. In short, there is a loss in the salary. I plan to collect it for a year or two first. If the officials have no objections, I will do it forever. Take for example."
Yu Xin opened his mouth, a little flustered.
Your Majesty, how can you act like a hooligan? The local officials collected more fire expenses from the people. You can't collect "salary expenses" from us. We also have to support our families, and we all rely on this salary now.
Zhu Yunwen looked at Yu Xin with determination in his eyes.
Your officials want to eat, but the people don’t want to eat?
Your officials are only allowed to rob the people, but I am not allowed to rob you?
If you don't anneal and consume, you won't be refunded. It doesn't matter. It's up to you. It doesn't matter if you're afraid of trouble. It's up to you. You still have the final say on how much your salary is. You can change it at any time. If you charge too much, I will make you spit it out.
Yu Xin now saw clearly that Zhu Yunwen planned to kidnap the interests of all officials to deal with the problem of fire consumption...
"I support the return of Huohua!"
Yu Xin finally changed his attitude.
Compared with the little tribute sent by local officials, the salary in hand is the most important. After all, there will definitely be no fire consumption in the future. If we don’t anneal fire consumption this year, the "salary consumption" problem is likely to continue for many years. Who can bear this...
"Don't force it."
Zhu Yunwen smiled.
"This is what I say from the bottom of my heart."
Yu Xin's heart was bleeding and he regretted endlessly. Why was it Jie Jin who was kicked out instead of himself...
Regarding the issue of fire consumption, Zhu Yunwen asked Xia Yuanji. Although the local government collected a large amount of fire consumption, most of the revenue from the fire consumption did not enter the Ministry of Household Affairs.
In other words, the money spent on fire was directly divided up by the province, prefecture, county and capital officials, becoming a gray profit transmission chain. The country has no benefit at all, and the emperor has no benefit at all. All the benefits lie with the officials.
Therefore, Zhu Yunwen would never agree to imperial officials embezzling people's money in this way. As for the divided money, whether the officials spent it on girls, wives, or children, they must spit out as much as they took.
As a result, the most astonishing scene in the history of Ming Dynasty occurred: the official paid money...
It is not a rare thing in history for the government to distribute money. For example, in the Song Dynasty, the people in Tokyo were very happy. When it snowed, they gave "snow and cold money", long rain and clear weather, and "relief" "Qian rice", on some special festivals, people in the palace will imitate the local tyrants and stand on the city wall to throw money to play, the so-called "grabbing for money"...
But after the Song Dynasty, this was the first time that the government distributed money to the people.
Some officials have bitter expressions on their faces and their hearts are bleeding, but it won’t work if they don’t pay the money. Where the money is refunded, there is a fixed amount. There must be a supervisory censor and security bureau personnel present. In this kind of "the money is not enough, the knife will come." Many officials began to go bankrupt and had to borrow money from central banks to fill the hole.
In order to avoid bad debts and dead debts, the central bank directly stated that all officials borrowing money will use their salary as collateral. In other words, the salary of the official who borrowed the money needs to be handed over to the bank. After the bank takes a part, the rest belongs to the official...
The people were grateful and gave all the credit to the emperor. They were submissive, but it caused countless officials to suffer.
Even some officials in the capital were unlucky, such as the head of the Ministry of Household Affairs. He was the main official in charge of taxation. He was good at Spring and Autumn calligraphy. If he didn't have more money, he couldn't afford such a talent. Now it's better, and the money is gone. Heart attack, immediate death
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Two principals.
This left Zhu Yunwen a little speechless. According to the Security Bureau, these two guys spent more than a year on fire, which is equivalent to ten years of salary. After eating to this extent, they deserved to die from exhaustion.
Outside the pass, Qiuba Mountain.
Ha Shiha hesitated and wavered.
According to the original plan, Wala was going to join forces with the Tatars to eat Duoyanwei and Fuyuwei, but the current timing was a bit unusual.
What Tulu Huchaer said is correct. If Goryeo can be won back into the arms of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, then the Ming Dynasty army entrenched in Liaodong will be completely trapped in a two-sided battle, and will be attacked from both sides. How can it be invincible?
The problem is that neither the Oara nor the Tatars have channels of communication with Goryeo. Although the Tatars are not too far from Liaodong, they have been in the middle of the Mongolian Plateau before, and they moved to the east in order to beware of Ha Shiha. Not to mention Wala, it has always been to the west.
If you want to get in touch with Goryeo, you need the help of Duoyanwei...
If Toluhuchaer is killed with a knife now, Duoyanwei will definitely not be used by him, and the Ming Dynasty will also be wary of Beiyuan. It will not be easy to get in touch with Goryeo.
According to Tolu Huchaer, he also controlled a trail leading to Goryeo, and it would not be a problem to send five thousand people into Goryeo.
Hashiha needs this trail, and Gao Li needs to be on Yuan Ting's side. Therefore, Tolu Huchaer cannot die yet, at least not until he uses it up.
But the problem is that it will take at least two or three months for Duoyanwei to get in touch with Li Fangguo of Goryeo and send people to go back and forth to enter Goryeo. It was already November at that time, and I couldn’t wait that long. My wife and children were still waiting at home. If I didn’t go home before winter, once the heavy snow closed the roads, I would be completely trapped in the east. I would spend the winter in Tatar territory and it would be difficult to sleep. I can't sleep well.
After careful consideration, Erihemu urged Hashiha: "Tulu Huchaer wants to let Goryeo help us plot Liaodong. This is not easy to achieve. Not to mention that Goryeo has surrendered to the Ming Dynasty for many years, but let's talk about Goryeo's current strength. , may not be able to compete with Yang Wen in Liaodong. Once defeated by Yang Wen and blocked in the Yalu River, he will be unable to fight at all."
"I think that Tuolu Huchaer's words are too true and he is delaying time. If you are determined to annex Duoyanwei now, you should do it immediately, otherwise there will be changes. After all, our soldiers did not carry winter supplies and waited until the cold wave swept over , the soldiers will be frozen and hungry, making it difficult to fight."
Harshiha pointed to Goryeo on the map and said: "But this is indeed a great opportunity for us to take back Liaodong. Whether Goryeo has combat power or not, whether it can defeat the Ming army is not the most important. What is important is that they will threaten them once they take action. The Ming army, the Ming army knew there was a hidden danger behind them, so they couldn't defend Liaodong with all their strength."
Erihemu was a little anxious and said: "Using Goryeo to contain the Ming Dynasty is like using a young dog to contain a tiger. This plan is definitely not feasible. It is too early to plot the entire Mongolian grassland and Liaodong. The Prime Minister must not be greedy!"
Hashiha looked impatiently at Erihemu. He had great ambitions, but was hampered by this group of ministers without ambitions. Could it be that he couldn't see clearly that he only needed to wait for a while, and Liaodong would belong to the Yuan Dynasty. At that time, his reputation will be completely spread throughout Mongolia, and the Tatar Arutai and others can only obey and tremble.
"You don't need to persuade me. I plan to send five thousand people to Korea secretly to prepare supplies for the winter."
Harshha made a decision.
Erihemu immediately objected, pointing to the map and shouting: "Prime Minister, if Tolu Huchaer really knows a secret passage, he must have passed through the Jurchen tribe in the north, and there is no way he can pass it in front of the Ming army. Don't tell me. The detour is time-consuming, so what will happen to our army when it reaches the Yalu River and how will it cross the river?"
Ha Shiha lost his patience, smiled coldly, and said: "There are trees on the riverside. Is it not easy to cross the river? Okay, if you say anything else, I will kill you. Just retreat."
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